The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-05-05
STATE GLEANINGS.

The last saloon IN 1aZoo Clty has
closed.
The Press Convention meets at
Meridian next Wednesday.
The Jones county court house was
destroyed Ivy an inccndiary fire.
Col. Chevcs organized lodge OF
Good Tcmplars in Fayetlc of 4O
members.
Pat Clarke, for many years the
street commissioner of jackson
died on the lst.
Col. Stocksdale and W. p. Cas-.
scdy, Esq, of Summit, have formed
a law co partnership.
c. J. Coles saw mill, near GlosteI
was destroyed bv fire last week
Loss abou, $4,000.
Miss Anrs Garrison, a pupil al
the Central Female Institute, died
last week of congestion.
Hamper Il Bushman's saw and
grist mill was burned near liattics
burg last week. Loss $4,000.
John Madden, Dave Kline and
three negroes have been jailed
charged with the Brandon burglary
About 40 persons, mostly ladies
and children, were poisoned at
Chatawa last Friday by impure
ice cream.
Gen. Sharp, Speaker of the last
House of Representatives. is a
candidate for reelection to the
Legislature,
The Summit and McComb City
Odd Fellows celebrated the 6Sth
national anniversary OF the Order
on the Goth ult.
The City Council of Vicksbure
have passed strong resolutions
against the Irish Coercion bill o
the British Parliament.
Major f. Barksdalc will deliver
the annual address before the
Alumne Association of the Bran
don Female College on the 18Th O
June.
Miss Kate Hardenbergh. q young
lady of Crystal Springs, took the
prize in Copiah county Tor drawing
the most perfect map of the United
/ States.
The first edition of the Clarke
! County Times, editcl by Hon
/ Charles NJ. Nose, recently of LAX,
Benton, Mimi, made its appearance
on the 2Sth.
Capt. J. s. Hoskins, the worthy
editor of the Lexington Bulletin
has announced himself as candi
date for the Legislature from
Holmes county.
The following municipal tickle
WAS elected in Osyka last Monday
Mayor, j. J. Stoke>; Aldermen
J. Dock Harren. w. b. Benjamin
Thos. Born, John Petcrman an'
NJ. Heumon.
Dir. A B. Mayo, in letter to tn
Boston Journal Of Elucation. says o
the Female Industrial Institute
Of Columbus: ain cstabliehin!
this great institution Mississip
ri puts herself ahead of the south
The wife of Joe Sanders,
colored man living on the plsc
OF Mr. {. II. Butler, in this county
recently presented her husban,
with triplcts-all girls-but the
only lived few hours. Li6eJt!
Herald.
Wayne county will vote upol
local option on the 18th of May
The county paper, the Waynesbor
Falcon is making strong fight 70
Prohibition, and the general i'm
preston is that the county will 5,
dry by decided majority.
A negro correspondent of tn
Fayette Chronicle, who was delude'
TO the Swamps last winter by th
fabulous stories of labor agents
says: when / get back to ole
Jefferson again all the negro liar
and swamp planters in Mississippi
can never move me again"
A sickening tragedy is reported
from Grenada, being the killing 0
Rev. c. F. Stivers, the Episcopa
clergyman at that place Ivy, Capt
VIM. r. Fowler, in the latter's owl
home. The whole affair is wrapped
in mystery, but before his death Mr.
Stivers made statement justifyins
his slayer. In what the justifica
ton consisted the public is not thus
far apprised.
The Jackson Judicial District i,
composed of Copiah, Kinds, Madi
son and Yazoo counties. and eact
county has candidate for Distric
Attorney, J. NJ. Shelton is th'
Kinds candidate, r. G.. Hudson
Yazoo candidate. r. G.. Lee, th,
Madison candidate, and r. N. Mil
Ter, the Copiah candidate. They
are all good men.
The people of Enterprise will shiE
an immense quantity of their iron
ore, about one hundred tons, to s
furnace at Birmingham, where il